The batteries-are sought once more.4 T7e win thenr. back "with blood. We are harrying them off. The rebels itare like deiaonaoutof malignant eyeSjand enrse through firm-set teeth. : Triumph is abont to crown our effqrf, when a larce force of the enemy, re- poised by Gen. Davis from that sectioa of. Pea Kidge known- as.Lee.iown, throngs to the rescue. ' A dozen com bats over the guns, and the contest is still m) decided when the darkness gath ers, ..and through the night the enemy are seen bearing ' oft; their twice cap tured, twice re-capturedgnns. .-Nature is no longer an impartial wit ness. She draws the curtain, and the camp-fires blaze along the ' roads an d. llgllb up Hie i.tiitn a jj.uni viiiuui- m is profaning the holy night. ... " ; 'Midnight comes; and the scattered words of the sentinel are heard ; and the Federalists and rebels are sleeping on their arms, dreaming, it may be, of tne tune . when they were friends' and brothers and America had not become one vast military c...

0e Hundred Year, I One hwodred years ao there was nt & single white man 111 Ohio, ft.cn- , xvi-ii- tuctv. Indiana, or Illinois territories. Tk bt nrtur the most flourishing . ' - . . i:.tl Unan : part Ot America, """ MtbeMonntainsof the Moon. It WM BOt until 1769 that the hunter of Ken- tuckv, the gallant and adventurous rtica.y, . xr . .i:fl. Boon, left his home M rth Carolina, to become the first settler of Kentucky. ; mi : r.: .li.l not set- 1D nr piunwr ui u.h tie till twenty years alter uiat - A hUndren VCrS ago aiiau ed to France, and the whole pop whole popllla- ! Uon of the United States did not ex ceed a million and a halt ot people. A hnmireil years ago, the great lUiuiriMi ji- "ri - e. .- --, Complainants Solicitor, within twenty nav, rick of PmiM aa pefoi nillig . s,.rTice upon them of a copy of the bi of com rreat exploit.- which have made ! plaint, and in default thereof, th at said bill belaken 511 I ... 1 , H8 confessed bv the said Defendants, imam omortal in mil...

wilfcort distinction of party affiliations, or past political opinions, or action, to wnite with me, by counsel and co-ope- Scers,both State and Federar,evacuatel, either by actual abandonment, or oy the action of the incumbents in at tetDtin to subordinate their functions to a power in hostility to a fundamen-1 tal law of the btate, ana subversive 01 her National allegiance. Theso offices; must be filled temporarily, until the State shall be restored so far to its ac customed quiet, that the people can j peaceably assemble at the ballot box, and select agents of their own choice. Otherwise anarchy would prevail, BtiH no man's life or property would be safe from the desperate ami unprincipled. I shall, therefore, as early as praitic able, designate for various positions under the State and county ffovern- ments from my fellow citizens, perso.is j of propriety and intelligence, and bear-) ing true allegiance to the Constitution and Government of the United States, I who will execute ...

Popping Cora. And. there tber sat a popping corn, tf-u u Stiles and Susan Cutter ; John Stiles as stout as any ox, aL cut Susan fat as butter. And there ther at and shelled the corn, And raked and stirred the fire, And talked of different kinds of ears. And hitched their chairs up nigher. Then Susan she the popper shook, And John he shook the popper, Till both their faces grew as red A sawcf pans made of copper. And then they shelled and popped and ate, All kinds of fun a-poking. And he haw-hawed at her remarks. And she laughed at his joking. And still they popped and still they ate, (John's mouth was like a hopper) And stirred the tire, and sprinkled salt, And shook and shook the popper. The clock struck nine, the clock struck ten, And still the corn kept popping, It struck eleven and then struck twelre, And still no signs of stopping. And John he ate, and Sue she thought The corn did pop and patter, Till John cried out, " The corn's afire ! Why, Susan, what's the matter" Said she,...

ried away. About one o'clock, 8ijjn.il whistles of distress sounded through the storm, twice or thrice repeated. The Swallow had parted her lines and was fast drifting out into the stream. Unfortunately, she was not coaled and tad no steam. Every moment was growing more precarious, when fortu nately, after drifting about a quarter of a mile, she struck against the Cincinnati and was made fast until morning. The storm lasted about four hours, raging with terrible vehemence, and tossing i the steamers about on the mad waves! like cockle sLxlls. Luckily the Swal low was the only one blown from her. moorings. It was during the height of this storm that Col. Roberts performed his daring mission. Yesterday morning, the flag officer, Captain Phelps, Col. Buford, Secretary Scott and Other offi cers, held a conference upon the flag hip, at which it was decided to make a night iccon noissance of the upper battery, the details of whkdi were hit to Col. Buford. lie selected Col. Rob erts and fo...

r Ctorots or Horses better timn JHedfcirne. A correspondent of the country Gentleman relates his experience thus : j " I have sever ted carrots to a one ; year old colt, hot have fed carrots to I colts and horses trom two to twenty year old, and always found them of rnestimalilo value when given with oth er food. I h:ive given hut one kind of food to a horse for more th.m one or two weeks in succession ; fnd as far as my experience goes, think it impossible to keep a horse in good condition wilh Mfc0kMjring hi food from time to time, and keeping his bowels free by carrot or bran mashes. The chief valM of oarraU seems to me to be their slightly luxative proper ties and their magic.-d eflVct on the skin and hair, together with their fattening properties ; moreover their judieicions use oftentimes prevents the applications of those terrible ooneucfioM called horse medicine," which the ignorant owner of horses is often prevailed upon to give for the slightest disease. Writing about" hor...

THE CASS COUNTY REPUBLICAN. W. n. CAMPBELL, Editou k Pbopriitok. OFFICIAL IPAERFraBCOUllTYi JD O XV AGIAC: Thursday Morning, April 17, 1862. From the Twelfth Regiment. Rev. A. J. Eldred, chaplain of the Michigan 12th, has written a letter to his wife, regiding in Kites, from which we make the following extracts : Camp PirrsnrHcn, April 8th, 1862. Dear Wife : We are engaged iu a serious service to our brother soldiers. The dead and wounded lie on every hand. The great battle commenced early on Sunday morning. The first attack was on our regiment; the men fell all around; we were driven from our camp with the loss of everything. Nothing was saved but the clothes we had on. The rebel drove their hosts through the entire en campment of our grand army. The battle went against us until theclose of the Sabbath, when Gen. Bueli's army came in sight. Without this, all would surely have been lost. Early Monday morning the engage ment was renewed, and the carnage was dreadful. About three o'cl...

Occapatiou of the CItf of Fredericks burs, Va. The Rebels Evacuate after. Burning Bridges, Three Steamers and Twen ty Schooners. Nkw York, April. 21,. The Herald's Washington corres pondent says our forces under General Auger still occupy the HigfeU of Fal mouth, opposite and commanding the City of Fredericksburg. On Friday p. in., Lieut. Wood, of General King's staff ; Lieut. Campbell, of the artillery ; and Major lafhe (d the Harris Light Cavalry, browed the Rappahannock, uuder a flag of truce, and communion ted with the municipal authorities of the city, all of whom remain. The City Council had called a meeting after the appearance of our forces, and ap pointed a committee, consisting of the Mayor, Mr. Slaughter, three members from each board, and three citizens, to confer with our General relative to the occupation or r rcuencKsmirg ana thepulsed the enemy wilh h(. loss and 1 1 l . at the same time adopted a resolution declaring that the city, since the adop tion of the ordinanc...

IF irr fcarfje Wse or Cot. "Big, and the butt end, by sill meant," Mrs one. "Cut potatoes, if you want to econoraize," says another. "It is of no consequence," says a third. 1 D7 will rot anyway," says a fourth. There is a great variety of practice which shows that this very useful veg etable will bear more abuse than almost any other crop grown upon the farm. The writer has tried almost all methods and has settled down npou whole pou toes, an inch to an inch and a Imlf " diameter, as, on the whole, the most desirable for seed, t. iking WU acodoilt the immediate crop and liie future wel fare of the tnliers. If we look merely at the immediate crop, we can doubt less get more from a p.iven amount of seed to cut them into single eyes, than to plant them whole. But we bave very strong suspicion that this cutting weak ens the stamina of tle plant, and if fol lowed up with any variety for a long series of years would run it ont. We ought to follow such a method if we can discover it, as w...